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Plenty of holes. None of them mattered to me. I confess to not seeing all the movies- they disappointed me early, and I just let them go by.
I haven't rewatched all of TOS, either. I'm old enough to have seen them with my parents, week to week- my mother loved how subversive they were, my dad enjoyed the nods to actual science as much as he got a kick out of the nods to his favorite sci-fi authors, themes, and jokes. I was intrigued by the characters, by their development and by their relationships, but all too soon had to go off and be a grown-up myself, and just haven't had time to dive back in. Did spend some time with TNG, but more for the voices than the shows themselves- it was when I was laid low with a major depression, and would have it on in the background for companionship.
So, confessing to spotty knowledge and inexact fandom (or the other way around, whatever *F*): I loved this movie.
I could always, always always have had more of McCoy. Even more now, and who knows, I may just have to write him at some point to hear more of his story, but oh, I am a happy happy person with Bones. Kirk was good, Spock was damn fine, I liked this Sulu and got a kick out of this Scotty, and I feel Uhura is wronged again, always, but has a better chance this time at personhood so I'm appreciative of what Zoe Saldana brought.
But what I enjoy most, as a story-teller, is that I feel free to bring my own story to the movie. There are parts I reject as not matching my experience of Star Trek- and I feel like that's ok, that's allowed for, and I like that. There are technical things that annoy me, and other things that delight me, and I'll see it again in theatre and probably, at some point, end up owning it (I want the commentaries on the DVD to be good, damnit!).
So I'm gonna give it two thumbs up, a whole basketfull of fresh tomatoes, and a big smile- and hope for more McCoy in the next one. Damnit, Jim, I'm a fangirl, not a critic, and I want more McCoy. *nods*
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| 2009-05-08 12:55 |
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The good news: my Facebook Cause, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is gaining members. You can be one!
The Happiness Project.
I managed to get the car to the mechanic's without its either blowing up or falling to pieces on the freeway. We'll find out what we find out, eh? It's an '88 Volvo wagon- I'm sure it's got a few miles left on it, if it can just find them.
Ah, what the hell. It's all good news, isn't it? The only thing is, I won't be seeing Star Trek today at 1:30, so that's $8.00 I'm considering donated to the cause of Hunter Urban's college fund. Just something to look forward to then, innit? Bones McCoy, I'm on my way.
Alrighty then. Since I can't ship any books, go to Star Trek, or stay up any longer, and I am graduating AND raising money for my Cause, I think I'll get some zzzzzs. Yay for nights off!
And blessings on your heads, y'all. Each and every one of you.
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can i just say tongue... like a little boy who's getting to stay up late for the special treat, because he's been really really really good.
*loves*
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From the Deadbolt
Karl Urban Talks Comanche Moon Mini-series, Indian Rights and the Old West, and Star Trek
by Troy Rogers
After appearing in the final two Lord of the Rings movies and The Bourne Supremacy, Karl Urban will soon go down in cinematic history as the new reincarnation of Dr. "Bones" McCoy in director J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Trek film. Before Urban ventures into the Star Trek universe to boldly go where other men have gone before, the New Zealand born actor will be riding into the Western sunset with Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Elizabeth Banks, Wes Studi, and Adam Beach in the upcoming three-part CBS mini-series Comanche Moon, a prequel to Larry McMurtry's popular Lonesome Dove novel and 1989 mini-series of the same name. ( More on Comanche Moon and Star Trek: the Movie, from Karl )THE DEADBOLT: To you, what's the most important theme of Comanche Moon that still stays with you? URBAN: For me the most enduring thing is one of camaraderie and loyalty and friendship and the extraordinary lengths the characters would go to to protect and look after their friends.
For more on Comanche Moon, lock down our latest news story, Saddle Up for Comanche Moon in January 2008. 
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